TUESDAY. JANUARY 1. 1963
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON
Hie Medical Roundup
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Kmerltus Prufrnor of Mf)!;,r
Mayo CHmc
(funster and Tribune SynOn t.
Ins:.)
Oregon BRT To
Fight Cut in Crews
Hypoglycemia, or .
Low Blood Sugar
Some years ago, I saw a
number of people who saii
Uiey had several nervous
symptoms
it?
a U s u a
I could
I m e d i
ccmia. or low
blood sugar.
Usually, I
tell im-
lately
j from their
Alvarez story that they
could not have hypoglycemia.
Why? Because their spells ot
nervousness did not at all re
semble those which are pro
duced by a great fall in the
amount of sugar in the blood,
such as occurs when a person
takes an over-dose of insulin.
In many of the cases I saw,
it was obvious that what the
nervous woman was getting
were typical spells of migrane
which could be blocked by the
rinig usually given to patients
with that disease.
! Another very Important
point was that the person's at
tacks did not come particular
ly at a time when he or she
had been fasting, and when
the amount of sugar in the
blood should have been at its
lowest point. Sometimes the
attacks came shortly after a
meal of starchy foods when
one would never pxpect to see
symptoms due to hypogly
cemia. I have Just read an article
in which a physician who
loves to diagnose hypogly
cemia insists that a large num
ber of nervous people sutler
from a low blood-sugar. But
then he went on to tell one of
his patients who developed
her symptoms whenever she
look a good-sized helping 'of
sugar. Obviously, this woman
could hardly have had hypo
glycemia; if she had anything,
she was allergic-ally sensitive
to sugar.
Level Has To Go Down
Another) tremendous objec
tion to accepting the diag
nosis of hypoglycemia tint
had been made to explain the
distresses of mnny a nervous
woman is that in none of the
cases did tho able laboratory
sugar. Dr. Edward H. Ifynciir
son of the clinic showed years
ago that the blood sugar level
has to go down from perhaps
a normal low of 80 mg. to a
low of 50 mg. or less, if the
patient is to become dist
ressed. The scores of people I
used to see with a supposed
low blood sugar had a reading
which their "t perhaps 90 or 1UU mg.
doctor thought Finally, 1 was sure that my
wer due to i patients' symptoms were not
a h y p o g 1 y- aue to a low blood sugar when
my dosing them with much
suvar did not give them any
relief. Also significant often
was the fact that the woman
could get perfect relief from
taking some aspirin or some
sugarless black coffee. In a
true case of low blood sugar,
aspirin and black coffee could
have had no effect.
Dr. Rynearson wrote recent
ly of some of those rare cases
in which a person has attacks
of real hypoglycemia due to
a tumor arising in those cells
of the pancreas which produce
insulin. As a result, the per
son gets , so much insulin in
his body that his blood sunur
drops spectacularly, and with
this there appear very dist
ressing symptoms. Some of
the patients complain mainly
of severe attacks of sweating.
In 57 cases, the patients com
plained of fainting and going
into a very sleepy stale. In a
few cases, the person wcnl in
to convulsions.
I can ' remember well the
first man whose disease of
this type Dr. Russell Wilder
studied and reported from the
Mayo Clinic. This man was a
physician whose wife had to
sit all night beside his bed in
order to put sugar into his
mouth every time he would
start twitching. When the man
was operated on, a tumor was
found which was full of in
sulin. Doctors Deceived
Dr. Rynearson tells of a
type of case in which a men
ially, peculiar person produces
violent Insulin reactions by
secretly Injecting himself or
herself with insulin. In one
such case, the doctors were so
deceived by the woman Unit
they operated and explored
her pancreas. When they
found nothing ,lhcy searched
her room and found, hidden
in the hem of her dress, an am
pule of insulin and a hypo
dermic syringe. Because of
porhmpa drelrn tor yin;wli.v
or hospilallzallon she had
been producing her symptoms
by Injecting overdoses of in
sulin. Later, she straightened
Klamath Falls - IUPII - The
Brotherhood of Railroad
Trainmen will fight any ef
fort to reduce the size of
I crews on trains in Oregon,
I according to Jerry Rutlcdgc,
! state legislative representa
tive for the union.
The manager of the Oregon
Railroad association, Luman
C. Miller of Portland, said
earlier his organization will
ask the 106;) Legislature to
repeal a requirement for a
third brakeman on train
crews. The requirement Is
part of the state's minimum
crew law.
Hutledge said the need for
the 1914 law is greater than
ever.
"Trains are longer now
than they were then and they
travel at speeds up to three
times as fast." Rutlcdgc said.
"The public safety demands
a minimum number of men
to properly operate and con
trol a train, particularly in
the terrain typical of the state
of Oregon "
Keeping Eggs Clean
Is Poultry Problem
College Station, Tex. - IUPII
Not the least of marketing
problems of poultrymen is
keeping eggs clean when they
are offered lo the consumer.
the Texas A & M college ex
tension service says.
Poultry experts say produc
ers get best quality by keep-
ing the eggs from becoming
soiled in the first place. But
for the small percentage that
may become dirty, equipment
and solutions are available to
clean Ihem.
out mentally and got well.
What I have lo say to the
many persons who have been
told that they suffer from a
low blood sugar that I can
not find is that there may be
such a disease as simple hypo
glyccinia, but in all my years
of hunting for a case of it I
have never found one. Also. I
can easily prove to Hie patient
before me who thinks he (or
she) has hypoglycemia that he
does not have any symptoms
that suggest its presence. His
sypmloms may even prove lo
nie that he doesn't have it.
Many persons will be
helped to recognize spells of
migrane by reading Dr. Al
varez' booklet, "Migrane or
Sick Headaches." You may
get your copy by sending '25
cents and a self-addressed,
stamped envelope wilh your
request lor it to Dr. Walter C.
Alvarez, The Register and
Tribune Syndicate, Dept.
MMT, Box 057, Des Moines 4,
Iowa.
Singular Efforts
Oust Meters From
Streets of Minot
By KENNETH WATERMAN
United Press International
Bismarck, N.D. - m - In
January, when the North Da-
kota legislature convenes, the
League of North Dakota Mu
nicipalitics will try again to
legalize parking meters in
this stale.
By February, as has hap
pened every two years since
1948. the legislature will
probably throw the bill into
the reject pile, all because
Howard Henry dared to fight
city hall.
Henry is a successful farm
er and unsuccessful politician
who parked his car 16 years
ago on a city street in Minot.
A little later, along came a
city traffic officer and noticed
the red flag on the meter next
to Henry's ear. He began to
write out a ticket for Henry,
thus beginning what is surely
one of the most unfortunate
days in the history of North
Dakota city treasuries.
Henry argued but the of
ficer wouldn't budge. Henry
got mad; so mad he jumped
in his car and roared off. Of
course, he was caught and the
ticket stuck and Henry got
madder still.
Swears Revenge
On that day in 1946, How
ard Henry swore he'd blast
every parking meter out of
the state Furthermore, he
swore he would build his vil
lage of Weslhopc, population
575, into a trading center so
folks wouldn't have to go to
Minot and pay the parking
meters.
By 1947. Henry had invest
ed $250,000 in six new busi
ness establishments in West
hope. Other businessmen put
up money for shops and store?
and Henry was gaining sup
port. In 1948, he won the Demo
cratic nomination for gov
ernor in the primary without
opposition. In addition, he
rounded up 20.000 signatures
to place an initiated referen
dum on the ballot to ban park
ing meters on city streets.
Henry whistle - stopped all
over North Dakota, running
on the only real platform he
had - ban parking meters.
People quickly tagged him as
"the man to kill the mechani
cal bandits."
Henry was swamped in the
governor s race and so was
every other Democrat in
North Dakota in 1948. But the
voloj-s, by a 2,000-vote major
ity, passed his referendum to
ban the meters.
Suit Filed
Immediately, the League of
Municipalities rallied and call-1
Secretary Found
Strangled in Bed
Boston - (IJPD - A 23-year-old
secretary was found strangled
with a nylon stocking Monday
in her apartment and became
the eighth victim of a mad
killer who has terrorized the
city for six months.
The killer, who has
strangled all his victims,
struck less than a mile from
the scene of a similar murccr
Dec. 5 and a block away from
his initial victim last June.
The nude body of Miss Pat
ricia Bissette, a former resi
dent of Middlebury, Vt., was
discovered in her bed by a
janitor of an apartment house
at 515 Park dr. In the City's
Back Bay section.
Miss Bissette, like six of
the other seven victims, lived
alone. As in the other crimes,
there was no sign of forced
entry into her apartment.
Oregon Highway Department Awards
S77 Million in Contracts During '62
Household Steel Use
Is One-Third of Total
New York - IUPII - One third
of all steel made in America
is used in and around the
home, according to "Steel
Facts," a publication of Amer
ican Iron and Steel institute.
This year ,the estimated fig
ure will total about 258
pounds for every man, woman
and child in the nation. Steel,
in addition to being the major
material for automobiles, also
serves in the home for ap
pliances, storage, service and
recreation. Recently it has be
come a major material for
home furnishings and furnit
ure, from the kitchen to the
living room and outdoor patio.
Salem - 1UPI1 - The Oregon
State Highway Department
reported that contracts total
ing $77 million were awarded
during 1962, up $22. i million
over 1961.
A total of 195 separate con
tracts were awarded, compar
ed to 182 the year before.
Forrest Cooper, state high
way engineer, said an estima
ted $35 million in contracts
will be let next year.
Of the $77 million, about
$13.8 million was for bond
projecls, $3.4 million for con
struction on the county road
federal aid secondary system,
$300,000 was for work on city
streets off the stale highway
system, $54.8 million in con
nection with federal aid par
ticipating projects, and ap
proximately $4.9 million for
state financed protects.
Cooper said the :r.,iual vol
ume of work handled by the
commission topped the $100
million mark for the first
time. In addition to construc
tion, this included expendi
tures for highway mainte
nance, purchase of right of
way, surveys, operations, state
parks, administration, build
ings nd equipment and bond
retirement.
Work included 144 miles of
grading, 156 miles of rock
base construction, 82 miles of
oiled wearing surface, 116
miles of asphaltic concrete
pavement, 17 miles of Port
land cement pavement and 99
bridges and structures.
Many major projects were
completed or opened to traf
fic during 1962.
36 Miles Opened
On the Interstate 5 freeway,
36 miles were opened to four
lane divided traffic during the
year. On Interstate 80N 27
miles were opened to four
lane divided traffic.
Among the major projects
finished or opened to traffic
on Interstate 5 were the
Grants Pass to Rogue River
section, the Gold Hill to Med
ford section, and the Rice Hill
to North Oakland Junction
section.
On Interstate 80N, projects
included the Cascade Locks
section, the Deadman's Pass -Mcacham
section, and the Baker-Pleasant
Valley section.
Also completed and opened
to traffic during the year was
the Clear Lake-Belknap
Springs highway providing a
year-round routs from the Eu
gene area across the Cascade)
mountains.
Park Visitations Up
The Oregon Stale Parks and
Recreation division of tho
Slate Highway department re
ported 11.5 million park visi
tations recorded during 1962,
compared to last year's 11 mil
lion. Tourists again flocked to
Oregon vacationlands and
more than 9 million visitors
were reported by the travel
information division. This is
a gain of 2.1 million over tho
previous record-high year o
1961.
Approximately $217 mil
lion was spent by out-of-stata
visitors while in Oregon, tho
commission said.'
Spinach is said to be rich in
vitamin A.
ed the ban "an invasion of
cily rights." The league filed
a suit in district court.
Back lo battle went How
ard Henry, digging into his
own pocket lo finance a state
wide radio campaign against
the league and against the
chambers of commerce who
had joined in the league's ef
fort. But this tirne Henry
wasn't alone. Supporters sent
money and the state lined up
with him.
Henry lost the first round.
District Judge John Pollock
declared the ban unconstitu
tional, thus throwing the case
into the jurisdiction of the
North Dakota supreme court.
The high court overturned
Judge Pollock's decision, sav
ing the will of the majority
shall rule.
It was the end of (he park
ing meter business in North
Dakota, excent for a few
neglected stumps that still I
stand on parking lots off the
city streets. Howard Henry i
has had his revenge. ;
Today, the new owners of the Groceteria will assume the operation of this long
established Medfotd firm. Upon this occasion we wish to extend to the people of Med
ford and the Rogue River Valley our deep and heart-felt appreciation for your friend
ship and your patronage through the forly-two years of the Groceteria's service to this
community.
The new owners, Dean McKay, Claron Gove and Ray Norton, manager of the
Groceteria, will, we ate sure, extend the same fine service in the true Groceteria tradi
tion in the months and years ahead. Most of the staff whom you know so well, will con
tinue to greet you when you visit the Groceteria. The same policy of business that built
this store, the same friendly atmosphere, the consistently low prices for "brands you
know," will continue to be featured at the Groceteria under the new ownership and
management,
We earnestly hope that the friendly support you have so generously extended to
us will be passed on to Dean McKay, Claron Gove, Ray Norton and thoir organization.
Mclvin Hall
Jane Lydiard
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